As architects design high-performing commercial buildings, supporting life safety via perimeter fire containment systems is critical. Specifying a tested, listed assembly that incorporates six essential design elements and withstands extreme testing conditions can help architects support passive life safety and optimize opportunities for egress during a commercial building fire.
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The City of North Miami and Miami-Dade County Public Schools have broken ground on the 165,000-sf North Miami Senior...
September 01, 2002 | Staff
Employment in the U.S. construction industry increased for only the second time in the past 15 months during June. Mo...
October 01, 2007 |
Peter J. Davoren, president and CEO of Turner Construction Co., has joined Building Design+Construction's editorial b...
September 01, 2004 | Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
The filing of claims by contractors after the completion of a major project is not unexpected, particularly when the...
December 01, 2006 | Staff
Kirei Board is an engineered panel constructed from the stalks of sorghum (a member of the grass family), which is gr...
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Get inspired! Brick’s adaptability has made it the premier building material for centuries even as styles come and go. Nothing says “classic” like brick, but nothing says “innovative” like brick either. Check out some examples of how fired clay brick remains a major presence in the 21st Century designer’s palette.
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A 242-foot-high wind turbine, a rooftop PV array, and natural gas-powered cogeneration turbines are among the advance...
February 01, 2005 | Staff
Turner Construction Co., New York, has promoted Pasquale A. DiFilippo to general manager of its New York and New Jers...
December 01, 2000 | Staff
Two smart-growth initiatives in two Western states bit the dust Nov. 7, but a constitutional amendment providing fund...
August 01, 2008 | By Lenora Jane Estes, Editorial Intern
The University of British Columbia has chosen Diamond + Schmitt Architects, Toronto, along with CEI Architecture Plan...
November 01, 2007 |
Along with strengthening its nationally accredited music and theater programs, the new California State University, N...
January 01, 2001 |
The I/A Series Building Energy Management System Architecture creates an open, interoperable and powerful system. The...
January 01, 2001 | By
Daryl Delano,
Group Economist, Cahners Business Information
Spending for the construction of new educational buildings, and for the expansion or renovation of existing structure...
September 01, 2001 | Staff
Jonathan Nehmer + Associates of Rockville, Md., is the architect for the 10-story Marriott Heathrow Plaza Hotel in La...
October 01, 2001 | Larry Flynn
The attack on the World Trade Center left the nation numb and heartbroken, but for several A/E/C firms, the damage wr...
November 01, 2000 |
Pivot with a longer pin throw, invisible mounting and application versatility can be used with any center-hung bottom...
November 01, 2000 |
Single-door lock device has a unique hold-in feature that maintains exit device retraction until the door closes and...
November 01, 2005 | Staff
Despite setbacks stemming from Hurricane Katrina, work will move forward on the 38-story Portofino at the Broadwater...
October 01, 2002 | By Daryl Delano, Reed Business Information Economist
The Commerce Department's official inflation measure for construction spending increased by a moderate 2.3% in June c...
November 01, 2004 | Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
Cesar Pelli, whose design credits include the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — at the time of their comple...
December 01, 2000 | By Daryl Delano, Cahners Business Information
Through the first eight months of this year, an estimated $40 billion was spent in the retail building sector for eit...
November 01, 2000 |
Because of the oval shape of the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University in State College, Pa., all 30 skylights...
December 01, 2002 | By Daryl Delano, Reed Business Information Economist
Average flat glass prices moved lower during each one of the final four years of the past decade. But the inflation e...
April 01, 2005 | By Matthew Phair, Contributing Editor
Computer-aided design took a quantum leap forward in the 1980s when the Pro/Engineer parametric design program swept...
June 01, 2009 | Jim Haughey, BD+C Economist and Chief Economist with Reed Construction Data
The construction materials price index for nonresidential buildings fell 0.3% in April extending the decline since th...
October 01, 2002 | Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
At its annual conference in Denver earlier this month, the Design-Build Institute of America issued proposed guidelin...
November 01, 2005 | Staff
Construction has begun on the $60 million Soleil Resort hotel/condominium project at 11th and Ocean Avenues in Ocean...
April 01, 2008 |
Built in 1929 for NW Ayer, the nation's first advertising agency, Philadelphia's landmark Ayer building has been tran...
